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Cannes darling Xavier Dolan returns with his maturest film to date: Matthias et Maxime celebrates friendship and repressed affection beautifully
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Cinema
Eliza Scanlen, Ben Mendehlson, Essie Davis: the biggest names from Australia play a family in crisis in the eccentric film debut from Shannon Murphy (Killing Eve)
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The loosely autobiographical novel by Caitlin Moran finds its way to Amazon Prime Video, telling the story of a headstrong teen girl (Beanie Feldstein) looking for a bigger future
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Cinema
A man leaves his heart in San Francisco in The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot's emotional debut exploring the homes we leave behind
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Cinema
In Bad Education, Hugh Jackman plays Frank Tassone, a real superintendent who caused outrage when he embezzled money from his school and kept it for himself
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Cinema
Streaming next week, Star Wars stalwart Rian Johnson gives the murder mystery genre a fresh spin with an all-star cast: Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Chris Evans
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Cinema
The latest Disney live-action remake stars Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux, and also marks the launch of streaming service Disney +
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Theatre
Richard Gadd relives a fateful chance encounter in his autobiographical debut play, which comes to the West End after impressing at the Fringe
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Musicals
Dirty Dancing, The Greatest Showman, The Sound of Music and more: every sing-along to know about in London this year
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Cinema
Terrence Malick returns with A Hidden Life, an achingly beautiful blend of true events and meditative romance
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Cinema
The story that unfolded behind closed doors is the subject of Bombshell starring Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman as the biggest names in right-wing news
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Cinema
In his follow up to Thor: Ragnarok, Taika Waititi brings his trademark wit to Nazi Germany: playing a little boy's imaginary friend – Adolf Hitler
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Cinema
Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh and Eliza Scanlen are the March sisters in Greta Gerwig's stunning retelling of Little Women
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TV
Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight returns to BBC One with a gritty, three-part adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, starring Guy Pearce, Stephen Graham, and Andy Serkis
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Netflix
In The Two Popes, Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star as former pontiff Pope Benedict XVI and the current Pope Francis I – just before the former's resignation in 2013
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Cinema
Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac – the three galaxy-travelling musketeers gear up one last time for JJ Abrams' conclusive Star Wars film
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Cinema
Amy Adams stars in adaptation of bestselling book The Woman in the Window. But following a revelatory profile in the New Yorker, Dan Mallory, the author, is in the limelight
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Cinema
From Oscar winners to indie gems, it's time to take stock of what 2019 has given us. Only the best, here's every five-star film to catch up with this year
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TV
The new ITV drama from Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, Press) examines bullying in the workplace, as sales associate Thomas (Ken Nwosu) tries to work his way up in middle-management
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Best of
From anxiously funny This Way Up with Aisling Bea to the drug-filled realities presented in Euphoria with Zendaya, 2019 has been a year packed with excellent television
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Cinema
Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha) returns with a tender film about the difficulties of divorce on an intimate scale, with the help of Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver and Laura Dern
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Cinema
In Honey Boy, Shia LaBeouf examines his traumatised childhood with an abusive father. Lucas Hedges and Noah Jupe star
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TV
The feather-light BBC sitcom from James Corden and Ruth Jones is coming back for Christmas, and the Wests and the Shipmans are spending the holidays in Wales!
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Visual Arts
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani have jointly been awarded this year's Turner Prize. Here’s everything you need to know
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TV
In The Marvelous Mrs Maisel season 3, our favourite 'comedienne' Miriam (Rachel Brosnahan) goes on a nationwide comedy tour with her manager Susie (Alex Borstein)
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Cinema
Noah Hawley directs Natalie Portman in Lucy in the Sky: a loosely true story focusing on the erratic unravelling of one woman feeling too much to stay grounded
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Netflix
From Noah Baumbach's heart-rending divorce tale Marriage Story to Ryan Reynolds battling bad guys in 6 Underground, Netflix in December is both intense and explosive
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Cinema
Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska star as the crime-fighting trio in a new chapter in the universe of the female-fronted classic
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Cinema
Winner of the Grand Prix in Cannes, Mati Diop's debut feature Atlantics is a beguiling and mysterious love story
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Netflix
Martin Scorsese is back with a new title, and a whole host of stars. The Irishman gives Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino the roles of a lifetime
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Immersive
In collaboration with Netflix, be ready for Secret Cinema's plunge into the scary, funny, and nostalgic world of Stranger Things. First stop: Starcourt Mall!
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Cinema
The story of revolutionary political activist Harriet Tubman gets the big screen treatment with Harriet, as Cynthia Erivo takes on the lead role